Book launch & panel discussion: On Civilian Harm

Isa Zoetbrood

Researcher

Isa is a Researcher to the Intimacies of Remote Warfare programme. After having received a Bachelor’s in Graphic Design from ArtEZ Academy of Arts, she is currently studying for a Bachelor’s in International Relations and Conflict Studies at Utrecht University. With this background, she works on the intersect between design and research. Isa is the co-founder of ‘The Good War’ podcast, a five-episode podcast about politics, technology and the future of warfare.

by Isa Zoetbrood:

Report: “After the Dust Settles: Seeking Acknowledgement and Justice”

How was the 2015 bombing on Hawija experienced and interpreted on social media? A team of students from Utrecht University collaborated with IRW and PAX to answer this question. Their findings are now available in a research report.

Isa Zoetbrood, Guusje Bloemen 1 December, 2021

Voices from Hawija: listening six years later

Today marks 6 years exactly since the Dutch airstrike on Hawija. Researchers at IRW Isa Zoetbrood and Guusje Bloemen together with Ali Maleki, research consultant at PAX for peace, introduce our joint ongoing research with local partner Al-Ghad that investigates the civilian harm effects of the airstrike.

Guusje Bloemen, Isa Zoetbrood 3 June, 2021

More drones, more war

The notion that deploying drones will enable militaries to conduct war with greater precision and less civilian harm is neither new, nor accurate argues the IRW team in an op-ed for the Dutch newspaper the NRC.

Isa Zoetbrood, Lauren Gould 28 December, 2020

The Good War

This five part podcast series made by IRW’s Isa Zoetbrood reflects on The Netherlands’ use of remote warfare and the acquisition of its first MQ reaper drones.

Isa Zoetbrood 13 July, 2020